Watch the Mountain Goats on "Colbert"

Last night, the Mountain Goats made their late-night TV debut on ["The Colbert Report"](http://www.colbertnation.com/home ""The Colbert Report"" ). Stephen Colbert sat down with leader John Darnielle and, in his own sarcastic way, revealed himself to be a total gushing fan, even quoting Darnielle's "Sax Rohmer #1" lyrics back to him.

Then the band, in its power trio iteration, blazed through "Psalms 40:2", the most raucous song on their just-released album The Life of the World to Come, Darnielle's manic onstage grin in full force. As far as we're concerned, that beats an awkward "Letterman" apology any night of the week.

Also, further evidence of Colbert's fandom came last night, when he Twittered this: "the mountain goats would have a twitter page if the crushing emptiness of life could be expressed in 140 characters".

Right now, you can catch the band's appearance on Colbert's website; click here for the interview and here for the performance, or watch the embedded videos below. The whole album is streaming on Colbert's website as well.